Games Like The King is Watching

A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, City Builder 23.4%, Medieval 12.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Auto Battler 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the minimalist tower defense and kingdom-building loop found in the seed game.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.9%, City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 17.4%, Medieval 12.1%, Fantasy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the side-scrolling kingdom management and survival-against-the-horde mechanics.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: City Builder 24%, RTS 22.7%, Base Building 20.9%, Resource Management 14.1%, Roguelite 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a premier roguelite city-builder that requires constant adaptation to unique events and resource management.

Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

Why similar: Tower Defense 19%, Base Building 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Tactical 13.9%, Roguelite 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that focuses heavily on defending a base against overwhelming odds with strategic unit placement.

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: City Builder 27.6%, RTS 25.3%, Base Building 23.9%, Resource Management 15.5%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines real-time strategy with intricate base-building and defensive siege mechanics.

A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

Why similar: Tower Defense 17%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Deckbuilding 16.1%, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends deckbuilding with real-time base defense, offering a fast-paced strategic experience.

The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.

Why similar: Tactical 14.3%, Roguelike 13.6%, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Resource Management 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the roguelite loop and strategic management feel, even with its unique auto-battler twist.

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Base Building 22.1%, Medieval 16.6%, Resource Management 16.6%, RTS 16.2%, Tower Defense 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features massive-scale base defense and resource management against waves of enemies, similar to the seed game's RTS elements.

Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

Why similar: RTS 17.8%, Tower Defense 17.7%, Base Building 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Medieval 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dark fantasy setting with intense RTS base-building and survival mechanics.

Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

Why similar: RTS 16.8%, Tower Defense 16.8%, City Builder 12.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Automation 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines automation and tower defense, requiring efficient resource management to survive.

Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.1%, Base Building 15.9%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Roguelite 10.4%, Roguelike 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on maze-building and tower defense with a strong roguelite progression system.

Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.

Why similar: Tower Defense 42.9%, Roguelike 18.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Strategy 9.2%, Roguelite 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A pure tower defense roguelite that emphasizes procedural generation and strategic pathing.

As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

Why similar: Tower Defense 18%, City Builder 16.4%, RTS 14.5%, Base Building 13.7%, Medieval 9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the intersection of city-building and tower defense in a medieval setting.

An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!

Why similar: RTS 17.8%, Tower Defense 16.2%, City Builder 15.4%, Auto Battler 13.4%, Base Building 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique mix of auto-battler and city-builder mechanics that align with the seed game's genre blend.

Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.3%, Base Building 20.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Medieval 11.8%, Roguelike 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on royal leadership, base expansion, and defending against encroaching darkness.

Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, Base Building 20.8%, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 11.6%, Medieval 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An essential predecessor to the modern kingdom-building genre that shares the same minimalist survival feel.

A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.

Why similar: RTS 15.4%, Auto Battler 14.3%, City Builder 13.9%, Base Building 13%, Medieval 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the management and training of units, which is a core pillar of the seed game's gameplay.

Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

Why similar: Tower Defense 20.8%, RTS 16%, Base Building 14.5%, Roguelike 9.9%, Auto Battler 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A blend of RTS and tower defense that requires careful base-building and unit management.

Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.

Why similar: Auto Battler 22.6%, Tactical 15.5%, Roguelite 14.8%, Roguelike 14.4%, Deckbuilding 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features auto-battler combat and tactical management that mirrors the army-training focus of the seed game.

Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.

Why similar: Roguelike 26.1%, Deckbuilding 25.2%, Roguelite 22.1%, Fantasy 14.7%, Strategy 12%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite strategy game that emphasizes dungeon crawling and defensive management.

Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!

Why similar: Tower Defense 19.1%, RTS 18%, City Builder 12%, Roguelike 10.9%, Tactical 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is a roguelite tower defense game that uses hex-based grid building for strategic depth.

Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!

Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Base Building 19.8%, Tower Defense 19.4%, Roguelike 10.1%, Resource Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines city-building with card-based mechanics to manage resources and expansion.

Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

Why similar: RTS 19.3%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Base Building 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Medieval 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art RTS that focuses on base-building and tower defense in a compact, manageable scale.

Build the perfect kingdom in this turn-based strategy game that combines elements of automation, board games, and city builders. Keep your kingdom happy, endure hostile Challenges, and unlock new cards as your kingdom becomes more prosperous.

Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Automation 13.4%, Resource Management 12.9%, Medieval 12.4%, Auto Battler 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It introduces automation to the kingdom-building genre, focusing on efficient resource management.

In "Kingdom Monarch", you are a monarch and can build the kingdom of your dreams! You need to build city walls, assign jobs to villagers, recruit soldiers, repel hordes of monsters at night, and expand your village during the day.

Why similar: City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 16.6%, RTS 15.9%, Medieval 10.2%, Tower Defense 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the royal leadership and base-building themes found in the seed game.

A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.

Why similar: Roguelike 26.3%, Deckbuilding 26.3%, Roguelite 21.3%, Fantasy 13.9%, Strategy 12.1%

Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 28.4%, Medieval 22%, Roguelike 20.8%, Roguelite 19.6%, Strategy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-strategy game that requires careful planning and management of a small kingdom.

Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Roguelite 13.2%, Tactical 12.1%, Roguelike 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It allows for the creation and management of armies in a roguelite setting, matching the army-training focus.

A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!

Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Roguelike 17.8%, Roguelite 14.9%, Deckbuilding 14.5%, Strategy 10.8%

Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!

Why similar: Auto Battler 24.9%, Roguelike 19.6%, Deckbuilding 19%, Roguelite 16.5%, Fantasy 11.1%

A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!

Why similar: Tower Defense 14.1%, RTS 12.9%, City Builder 12.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Auto Battler 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a roguelike tower defense experience with a focus on base-building and deck-based upgrades.

Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

Why similar: Tower Defense 17%, City Builder 13.8%, Base Building 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, RTS 9.3%

Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?

Why similar: Tower Defense 23.5%, City Builder 21.3%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Roguelite 11.9%

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Tower Defense 34%, Roguelike 27.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends roguelike mechanics with tower defense and resource management in a unique, challenging way.

Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids is a medieval fantasy blend of tower defense and roguelike progression. Build defenses on a grid, manage resources, and survive ever-evolving enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.6%, Roguelite 16%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 9.2%, Strategy 7.9%

Kingdoms vs Zombies is a blend of strategy, tower defense, and roguelike gameplay, where you must defend your kingdom against endless hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.3%, Base Building 23.7%, RTS 14.5%, Strategy 12%, Roguelike 10.6%

Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Knightica lets you guide a warband through many challenges to free the Kingdoms. Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.8%, Auto Battler 19.2%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Roguelike 13%, Tactical 10.2%

Master the art of indirect rule in this fantasy RTS inspired by the classic Majesty. Forget direct orders, use gold to bribe subjects and set bounties for heroes. Build your kingdom in Rodovia and master a unique system where the coin is king. Can you lead those who won't obey?

Why similar: RTS 20.3%, City Builder 18.8%, Tower Defense 18.5%, Medieval 10.8%, Real Time Tactics 10%

Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.

Why similar: RTS 25.8%, City Builder 23.9%, Tower Defense 23.4%, Medieval 11.9%, Fantasy 8.1%

Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

Why similar: Base Building 22.8%, City Builder 18.7%, Tower Defense 18%, Resource Management 14.3%, Strategy 10.8%

Adapt your strategy to a skill tree that changes every run, combine pieces of equipment to form powerful synergies and create a game-changing build capable of defeating the bosses that will try to stop you. In this Inventory Management Roguelike two games never feel the same!

Why similar: Roguelike 19.3%, Roguelite 18.7%, Auto Battler 17.1%, Medieval 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Transform a tiny settlement into a thriving medieval kingdom in this incremental strategy game. Build your economy, command your army, and keep discovering new ways to grow with every milestone.

Why similar: Auto Battler 20.5%, Automation 17.1%, Resource Management 15.4%, Tactical 12.6%, Medieval 12.3%

Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.5%, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 17%, Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 8.6%

Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.

Why similar: RTS 23.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.6%, Roguelike 13.5%, Tactical 11.7%, Roguelite 10.3%

A 2D side-scrolling strategy game of resource management, base defense and conquest.

Why similar: Tower Defense 23.6%, Base Building 22.4%, Roguelike 15.3%, Resource Management 14.9%, Medieval 10.9%

A new take on tower-defence and deckbuilding roguelike genres. ORX is like playing Carcassonne with your table on fire. Build your perfect deck, use powerful artefacts, master 3 unique factions. Prove that you are the King of your castle!

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Roguelike 19.9%, Deckbuilding 19.5%, Roguelite 15.5%, Fantasy 8.5%

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, RTS 21%, Base Building 17.5%, Resource Management 13.4%, Medieval 11.6%

Step into the role of a lord, starting from scratch to build your kingdom. Gather resources, construct buildings, recruit troops, explore, and embark on adventures to continuously expand your territory and defend your homeland.

Why similar: RTS 22.1%, Base Building 20.3%, Auto Battler 20.1%, Resource Management 12.7%, Medieval 10.2%

From cropland to forest, from academy to conqueror's guild, expand territory of your kingdom. As the kingdom grows, crises will quietly arise. No worries: prepare to use the resource cards to train a group of powerful guardians to eliminate enemies and protect your kingdom.

Why similar: Strategy 28.9%, Roguelike 26.1%, Roguelite 21.5%, Resource Management 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.6%, City Builder 20.3%, Base Building 17.2%, Roguelike 13%, Roguelite 12.4%

Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.6%, Deckbuilding 18.3%, Roguelike 18.3%, Roguelite 14.9%, Fantasy 14.8%

Noble Rulers — grow your realm and expand your castle in this short incremental game! Manage resources, discover foreign lands and build up an army to lay siege to your enemies.

Why similar: Resource Management 24.1%, Medieval 22.6%, City Builder 16.9%, Tower Defense 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

Why similar: Base Building 26.7%, City Builder 22.5%, RTS 19.3%, Medieval 11.6%, Strategy 7.8%

BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.

Why similar: Roguelite 31.3%, Roguelike 30.7%, Base Building 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Combat 3.5%

Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.

Why similar: Tower Defense 21.3%, City Builder 20.5%, Roguelike 12.1%, Base Building 10.2%, Roguelite 9.8%

From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 16.5%, RTS 15%, Automation 11.3%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%

Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 18%, Tactical 17.2%, Roguelike 14.6%, Medieval 14.4%, Roguelite 11.7%

Moonlight Chess is a turn-based tactical auto-battler where you must assemble your own army, defeat waves of enemies, and vanquish the evil ravaging the kingdom!

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.6%, Auto Battler 22%, Roguelike 13.7%, Tactical 11.6%, Strategy 6%

A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.

Why similar: Auto Battler 52.8%, Roguelike 15.8%, Tactical 12.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Combat 4%

Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.

Why similar: Base Building 19.9%, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Roguelike 11.7%, Roguelite 11.5%